अश्वमेधादियागाश्च प्रयागस्य रजः पुनः । तुलितं ब्रह्मणा पूर्वं न ते तद्रजसा समाः
aśvamedhādiyāgāśca prayāgasya rajaḥ punaḥ | tulitaṃ brahmaṇā pūrvaṃ na te tadrajasā samāḥ
اشومیدھ وغیرہ یَگّیوں کو برہما نے ایک بار پریاگ کی دھول کے مقابل تول کر دیکھا؛ وہ یَگّے اس دھول کے برابر بھی نہ نکلے۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Prayāga
Type: sangam
Scene: Brahmā with a cosmic balance scale weighs a heap of Prayāga’s dust against symbols of grand sacrifices (horse, yajña-vedi, ladles, fire); the scale tips decisively toward the dust, while sages and devas witness in astonishment.
The tīrtha’s sanctity can exceed even the greatest Vedic sacrifices; contact with Prayāga itself is portrayed as supremely meritorious.
Prayāga, even its ‘rajas’ (sacred dust) is extolled.
No explicit rite; the verse elevates tīrtha-contact (even dust) as spiritually potent beyond yajña.